To: LindyBill who wrote (47874 ) 9/29/2002 5:55:44 AM From: Bilow Read Replies (2) | Respond to Hi LindyBill; Re: "How many US cities would have to be destroyed before you would agree to negotiations. "But, in spite of all of the above, lets suppose that Al Q, or someone else got one and set it off in NYC. Killed millions. What to do? Do we roll over and beg? Of course not! " Fortunately, you don't run the country. If you did, and terrorists started blowing up cities, I bet you'd change your mind. If you didn't, I'd leave the country, because I don't want to die for your useless platitudes. You haven't even asked what the terrorists would be negotiating for. Perhaps I should ask the question under the assumption that the terrorists were animal rights activists. What they want is for all animal testing of make-up products using animals must stop. Would you still insist on letting them blow up every city in the country, LOL. Or maybe what they want is for a one-hour program to be broadcast on national TV giving their side of the story on how Princess Di was murdered by the CIA, LOL.One good thing about them is that they are complicated. You don't put one together in your garage. " Yes, it takes 1945 technology. Russia couldn't do it in until a few years later, LOL.The next point is that as bad as we were at doing something about Bin Ladin, we are pretty good at tracking down nuclear stuff. We have spent Billions since the Soviets collapsed keeping track of the the stuff. " Then why are we reading in the paper about 33 pounds of weapons grade uranium being found in a taxi, LOL.Lets pull back to our borders and hope no one tries to hurt us! Is this going to save us? Of course not! They would be even more eager to come after us. All we can do is stand and fight, and hope we get them before they get us. " Interesting theory, but it doesn't jive with much of history. We pulled out of Vietnam but the Communists didn't take over San Francisco. France pulled out of Algeria, but they didn't lose their country to Moslems (at least right away, LOL).911 may end up being a blessing, if it acts as a wake-up call to this country that we must defend ourselves against these things. Our best bet is to play "Offense," not "Defense." "In this case the prize is the ability to influence events in the Middle East, and is of doubtful utility, so the pain required is a hell of a lot smaller than nuking all our cities, LOL. So far, so good ", which is the punch line to the old joke about what the guy who jumped out of the building said when he passed the 50th floor on the way down. With the WTC in mind, no LOL.
